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Robin Thicke: Just moments before the Twitter chat went wrong. Photo: VH1's Twitter

Controversial performer Robin Thicke has been besieged by snarky questions and jokes on Twitter from thousands disgusted with his potentially abusive music and sleazy persona.

The singer has drawn criticism for starring in Miley Cyrus's infamous twerking performance at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards, for groping fans and the problematic lyrics of his recent hit Blurred Lines, which focused on the idea a woman saying "no" may actually not mean "no".

Celebrity and music channel VH1 must have underestimated the level of frustration felt online when they asked fans to tweet in their questions with the #askthicke hashtag.

It didn't take long for the hashtag to get hijacked with thousands of tweets flooding in.

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What form of sexual or emotional abuse will you be normalising in your next jaunty hit? #AskThicke

The film clip for the first single, Get Her Back, depicts Thicke shirtless, dancing with a naked woman who looks like his ex-wife and covered in watery blood, occasionally drowning in a tank of it.

In the clip he cries over text message conversations the viewer is meant to assume are real. He receives "I don't care," after sending off "I wrote a whole album about you," and texts how he hates himself. In response to being told he has ruined everything, he texts back "this is just the beginning".

The new album, which many people have viewed as predatory and manipulative, was also a feature in the Twitter conversation.

#AskThicke Did you really write a rape anthem as a love song for your wife and are you still wondering why she left you?